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Participants on The Associated trip to Israel

Participants Reflect on Associated’s Mission Trip to Israel

The Associated: Jewish Federation of Baltimore organized a trip to Israel for community leaders, rabbis and elected officials from Nov. 19-21. The intention of the...

Celebrating Chanukah and Doing Mitzvot at Chabad of Downtown

Chabad of Downtown is offering Baltimore’s young Jewish adult population an opportunity to do good for Israel while celebrating Chanukah. The upcoming YJP Drinks &...

Col. Erwin Burtnick, Founding Member of Maryland Jewish War Veterans and JUSA, Dies at...

Col. (Ret.) Erwin Allen Burtnick, one of the founding members of Jewish War Veterans of the USA’s Maryland department, died on Saturday, Nov. 25,...
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Prominent Conservative Jewish Leaders to Convene at Baltimore Convention

Baltimore will be hosting a convention of major leaders in the Conservative/Masorti movement, starting with a Shabbat celebration on Friday, December 1 through Saturday,...

Play About Civil Rights Leader Rabbi Has Its English-Language Debut at Beth Am

Beth Am Synagogue recently hosted the first-ever English-language performance of the World Zionist Organization-produced play “Heschel’s Passover Eve.” The one-man show, performed on Thursday,...

Baltimore Doctors, First Responders Travel to Israel for Aid Work

There are some Baltimore residents who have traveled to Israel in the days since Oct. 7 to provide volunteer services, and there are some...
Yossi Kuttler is lifted up by friends in the IDF

Baltimoreans Work to Support War Effort Both at Home and in Israel

By Jillian Diamond and Selah Maya Zighelboim Howard Goldstein’s family bought an apartment in Ashkelon six years ago, made aliyah to Israel in April of...
Sigal Kanotopsky

Sigd Celebration Brings Ethiopian Jewish Holiday to Baltimore

For many Jewish people, the period between Simchat Torah and Chanukah is a time with few significant holidays. But for Ethiopian Jews, the 50th day...

Chanukah House of Pikesville Gears Up for Second Year of Festivities

For 11 months out of the year, the Hefter family lawn is a fairly unremarkable yard like any other in Pikesville. But from Nov....
Harel Turkel

Baltimore Jewish Community Continues the Momentum After March for Israel

The Baltimore Jewish community is not slowing down after the success of the massive pro-Israel rally in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 14. There will be...